---
title: "SMG THEATRES LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ec02af48-a09e-5d5b-93b5-041e8574391f
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ec02af48-a09e-5d5b-93b5-041e8574391f
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02982105
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# SMG THEATRES LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02982105`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ec02af48-a09e-5d5b-93b5-041e8574391f  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ec02af48-a09e-5d5b-93b5-041e8574391f  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Harold Lester Westley Jr** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e42c7f31-a203-5fd6-8f94-8e6e59b33406
- **Mr John Francis Burns Jr** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1212283c-b87e-5eff-b249-199561c0a4a5
- **LEGENDS GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf8f0694-4b1c-52a1-b7ac-20ff5a3cd9b4
- **Mr Harold Lester Westley Jr** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1b9674eb-99a0-4707-b7fc-36e9d7231c83
- **Mr John Francis Burns Jr** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/da0abb8b-2f0a-4162-8c48-4c7102aed349

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **7-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02982105`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1994-10-21
- **Registered office:** Manchester Arena, Hunts Bank Approach, Manchester, M3 1AR
- **SIC:** 56210, 90010

### Officers

- BRAY, Christopher John — director · British · appointed 2022-01-21
- STILL, Richard Matthew — director · British · appointed 2022-01-06
- BURNS, John Francis — secretary · appointed 2014-08-29 · resigned 2019-10-01
- CROWDER, Anne — secretary · British · appointed 2006-09-06 · resigned 2007-08-16
- EXLEY, Steven James — secretary · British · appointed 2008-04-23 · resigned 2011-06-02
- ROBINSON, Alan Steven — secretary · British · appointed 2007-08-16 · resigned 2008-04-23
- ROBINSON, Alan Steven — secretary · British · appointed 1998-03-18 · resigned 2001-12-05
- STRACEY, Neil Stuart — secretary · British · appointed 2001-12-05 · resigned 2006-09-06
- A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1994-10-21 · resigned 1998-03-18
- BERNSTEIN, Howard, Sir — director · British · appointed 2003-12-02 · resigned 2007-10-24
- BURNS, John Francis — director · American · appointed 2014-08-29 · resigned 2019-10-01
- DAVIES, David — director · British · appointed 1996-07-19 · resigned 2000-06-28
- EAST, John Alan — director · British · appointed 1995-01-17 · resigned 1997-07-28
- ESCKILSEN, Lee — director · British · appointed 1995-01-17 · resigned 1995-10-31
- GLESTER, John William — director · British · appointed 1995-01-19 · resigned 2003-12-02
- HEWITT, Helen Eve — director · British · appointed 2000-06-28 · resigned 2001-10-01
- MCMILLAN, Alistair Martin — director · British · appointed 1997-08-28 · resigned 2000-06-07
- NEWMAN, Robert Ethan — director · American · appointed 2019-10-01 · resigned 2022-01-21
- PENROSE, Noel Richard — director · British · appointed 1995-01-17 · resigned 1996-12-18
- PYSDEN, Edward Scott — director · British · appointed 2000-03-11 · resigned 2009-03-13

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Smg Europe Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf8f0694-4b1c-52a1-b7ac-20ff5a3cd9b4) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2019-10-01
- Mr Harold Lester Westley Jr — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2019-10-01
- Mr John Francis Burns Jr — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2019-10-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02982105
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02982105

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **SMG THEATRES LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ec02af48-a09e-5d5b-93b5-041e8574391f · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **SMG THEATRES LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ec02af48-a09e-5d5b-93b5-041e8574391f · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ec02af48-a09e-5d5b-93b5-041e8574391f._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._